Get to know the diet of Roman gladiators to have more strength

Gladiators were seen as criminals and enemies of society. They lived basically to fight against other prisoners of war. Although there were men who embraced this as a lifestyle, most were forced to fight to survive.

Roman gladiators drank after each fight a drink made from plant ash. A study carried out by the University of Vienna (Austria) confirmed that it was true.

Studies carried out on the remains of several gladiators and local inhabitants of an ancient Roman city in Turkey would conclude that the levels of strontium and calcium in the bones were higher in gladiators than in ordinary people. This seems to have confirmed that the gladiators actually consumed a drink made from vegetable ash. It was also revealed that gladiators had a diet very rich in vegetables, great for keeping a healthy and healthy body.